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The Tornado has an audible and visual pass/fail alarm
feature. A band of acceptable torque result values can be
appointed, and the alarm set to trigger when recorded
values fall outside of, or within this band.
Up to 5 alarm settings may be stored, but only one setting
may be used at any one time.
To set an alarm, press and hold the
MENU
key until page 1
of the main-menu appears. The cursor arrow will point to
ALARM. Press the
ENTER
key.
The display will show ALARM OFF, and 5 separate alarms,
which may each be set up independently and stored by the
user for easy access when changing test routines.
The cursor will be positioned against the current alarm in
use, or against ALARM OFF if no alarm is selected.
To activate an alarm, move the curser to the desired alarm
and press
ENTER
.
This will access the ALARM sub-menu 2, however this
alarm has now been activated, and you can return to the
main display by pressing the
ESC
key twice. The main
display will now show an alarm ‘bell’ symbol accompanied
by the number of the alarm selected, indicating that that
alarm is activated (see Fig. 7).
If, however, you wish to change the settings of the selected
alarm, choose SET by pressing the
ENTER
key in ALARM
sub-menu 2.
ALARM
Alarms will not trigger in the first
1% of full-scale use.
ALARM sub-menu 1
(SETTING SELECTION)
ALARM sub-menu 2
(ALARM SET)
Fig. 7
Alarm symbol with
setting number in use
